Best Tex-Mex in San Antonio · San Antonio, TX
La Fonda on Main is San Antonio's oldest Mexican restaurant, serving interior-Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes from a hacienda-style spot on Main Avenue since 1932. Its shaded patios, strong margaritas and dishes like chile en nogada and queso toreado have drawn San Antonians for generations.
A cornerstone of the city's culinary heritage for over 90 years, La Fonda is the 2026 Centurion Award winner in San Antonio.
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Selection is by the published criteria, evaluated on public evidence. La Fonda on Main cleared every one.
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This is a dated award record, published by The Centurion Awards after La Fonda on Main cleared the 2026 evaluation for its market and category. It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — the criteria are public, only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. For everything else — hours, bookings, live reviews — go straight to the business itself.
San Antonio's oldest Mexican restaurant, open since 1932 in Monte Vista, beloved for its patio and old-school Tex-Mex plates.
Yes — La Fonda on Main is the 2026 Centurion Award winner for Best Tex-Mex in San Antonio, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best Tex-Mex in San Antonio for 2026 as the city's oldest Mexican restaurant, serving enchiladas on the same Main Avenue patio for over 90 years.
La Fonda on Main is in San Antonio, TX.
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